The foreign secretary's diplomacy will be tested - in the coming days at the United Nations General Assembly and then in the months ahead by the US presidential elections.
The United Nations General Assembly has an annual get-together in September for the good, the bad and the ugly of world diplomacy. Global leaders, both democratic and autocratic, find themselves crammed together on Manhattan Island along with a babel of lobbyists, tech billionaires and demonstrators. The UK's new government will be under scrutiny in 10 days as it makes its debut in New York City this week, led by Sir Keir Starmer.
A self-described 'small-c conservative' He held government junior posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown across a range of departments including health, culture, business and education. A political moderate, pro-European and a self-described 'small-c conservative', he backed David Miliband over his brother Ed, and pointedly continued to sit out Jeremy Corbyn's leadership on the back benches. He spent his spare time building his public profile.
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